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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2799

Cracker Jack Co (IL), $100 common shares, 1922, #4 and up, most signed by FW Rueckheim as president, green, Goes, 27 reattached to stubs in stock book (no covers), rest with or attached to stubs and loose, about ten unissued, with three 1940 preferred, eagle, brown; VF-VF+. First introduced at the Chicago World´s Fair in 1893, Cracker Jack soon became a popular treat; its distinctive toy prizes were added in 1912, and Sailor Jack (modeled on Rueckheim´s grandson, who would die soon after at age 8) and his dog became the snack´s mascots in 1918. [69]

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